Does the nature of schools matter? An exploration of selected school ecology factors on adolescent perceptions of school connectedness

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 381-402

  Waters, Stacey ^a   Cross, Donna ^a   Shaw, Therese ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RELIGION; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIALIZATION; CATHOLICISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CATHOLICISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PASTORAL CARE; PEER GROUP; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIALIZATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT;

EID: 77955061144     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709909X484479     Document Type: Article

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